Speakers - WNSC 2023

Abstract

Introduction: Effective post-operative pain management can increase patient satisfaction and will help to reduce post-surgical chronic pain. The nursing group is one of the most important members of the pain management group. Pain assessment and reporting is a critical parts of pain management that should be done by nurses.

Method: This cross-sectional study was analytical. Information in the form of questionnaires according to the studied variables such as patient gender, history, patient surgery, patient history of drug use, patient chronic history, patient satisfaction score for pain relief, nurse age, nurse gender, status Nurse marriage, nurse education, nurse position, nurse work experience, nurse employment status, nurse pain management training course, nurse attitude score, and nurse knowledge score were collected. Finally, the recorded data were statistically analyzed by SPSS software version 22.

Results and Conclusion:  The results of the present study showed that 51.7% of the nurses in the study had a moderate attitude and 48.3% of the nurses in the study had a positive attitude, 86.2% of the nurses had a negative knowledge and 13.8% of the nurses had a positive attitude. the attitude had a significant relationship with nurses 'knowledge about pain assessment and management after surgery so with increasing awareness, nurses' attitudes also move in a positive direction. Considering that nurses do not have the desired attitude and knowledge regarding the evaluation and management of pain after surgery, it is observed that information and topics of medical education on this issue in Iran are not enough and need new policies for we are educating nurses.

Keywords: Awareness and attitude, pain management, nurses